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hammertowne - bad tom smith lyrics

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[verse 1]
in bl++dy [?] county way down in jackson town
they hung the meanest man alive with thousands gathered ’round
many years of cold+blood k!llin’, it brought him to his place
he stood there on that gallow high with no fear upon his face

[verse 2]
his pistol showed no prejudice, so many he’d shot down
politicians, drunkards, honest men, he’d laid beneath the ground
only he could say without a doubt the number that he’d slain
but there’s one thing for certain he will pay for them today
[chorus]
bad tom smith, he’s in the ground
for the awful crime he’s done
many men he had shot down
’til he had nowhere to run

[verse 3]
he confessed to every murder as his time here slipped away
but not before he’d been baptized in water that same day
on that old kentucky river shore, his family gathered ’round
he was singin’ them old gospel songs, it was a mournful sound

[chorus]
bad tom smith, he’s in the ground
for the awful crime he’s done
many men he had shot down
’til he had nowhere to run

[verse 4]
as he gazed out on the people there, he had his words to say
“bad whiskey and bad women brought me where i am today
may my fate serve as a warnin’ not to do the things i’ve done
your lives are still before you, but my race out here is run.”

[chorus]
bad tom smith, he’s in the ground
for the awful crime he’s done
many men he had shot down
’til he had nowhere to run
[chorus]
bad tom smith, he’s in the ground
for the awful crime he’s done
many men he had shot down
’til he had nowhere to run

- hammertowne lyrics

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